Great South West Walk - Portland Vic

14/10/2026

Time to hand the 2027 Fed Walks baton over to

12/10/2026

Well that’s a wrap and The Friends of The Great South West Walk have loved hosting 212 walkers from 41 clubs from all over Victoria who enjoyed the 34 different walks on offer for the 2026 FED WALKS. Feedback so far has been a big 👍😍👍 and this was all made possible thanks to our 80 volunteers who helped with driving, coordinating all manner of things at the HUB, supplying 1120 pieces of fruit, slices, biscuits and cakes for afternoon tea as walkers returned from their walks and leading and whipping for the walks.
217 attended the dinner and live music event on Saturday night and still managed to walk on Sunday.

Next year’s FED WALKS will be hosted by The Maroondah BWC @ Healesville on OCT 16-17, 2027.

08/10/2026

Well it’s nearly here. Portland is going to be inundated with walkers this weekend from all over the state to participate in the FED WALKS, a Bushwalking Victoria initiative, hosted by a different walking club each year. This is our year. The Great South West Walk will be the star of the show this weekend for our visitors to enjoy. The walk is spectacular at anytime of the year but for orchid lovers and wildflowers enthusiasts you have come at the perfect time.
The Friends of The Great South West Walk, welcome all our visitors and are looking forward to meeting you all.
🥾😊🥾😊

07/10/2026

28/09/2026

Our next recreational walk will be on MONDAY, OCT 5th.

We’ll be walking 15km from Tarragal camp to the Blowholes.

This section of the GSWW is graded moderate and takes in a variety of spectacular scenes from exposed cliff tops, lush gullies, Bridgewater Lakes, Discovery Bay, the Petrified Forest and ending at the Blowholes.

To register txt your name and the title of the walk (Tarragal-Blowholes) to
0448 112 391

All walkers need to register by 3pm, Sunday, Oct 4th.

For more info feel free to call the above number🙂🥾🙂

11/09/2026

LAST CALL! Fed Walks bookings close midnight Sunday 13th September.
You’ll be kicking yourself if you miss out!

https://fedwalks.org.au/walks-program/

10/09/2026

BEHIND THE SCENES. How does the GSWW stay in such good condition? With our fun loving, hard working group of volunteers of course. Come and hear their stories, what they do and the gear they use. The Friends are opening the shed for the Fed Walks weekend, on Saturday 10th October between 2-4pm, and Sunday by appointment.
It’s certainly worth checking it out.

10/09/2026

THURSDAY, SEPT 17th is our next recreational walk. We will be walking 14km from the Quarry gates to the Cape Nelson Lighthouse.
There’s an opt out point at the Enchanted Forest (7.5km)

We will meet at the Lighthouse at 9am before carpooling to the quarry gates to start our walk.

To register txt your name and title of walk (quarry gates- lighthouse) to 0448 112 391.
All walkers need to register by 3pm, WED, SEPT 16th.

For more information and any question, feel free to call the above number.🙂

07/09/2026

On SATURDAY, SEPT 12th Our next recreational walk is the Seacliff Nature Walk and Half Nelson. Combined this is an easy 9km walk.

We will meet at the Cape Nelson Lighthouse @ 10am to start our walk.

There will be an opt out point. You can call the walk leader for information about this.

To register txt your name and title of walk (Seacliff Nature Walk) to 0448 112 391

All Walkers need to register by 3pm, Thursday, Sept 10th

For more info and any questions you may have, feel free to call the above number. 🙂